What would you write on your tombstone?
What words would you choose for your grave?
Which of your last thoughts would you discard
Which final words would you save?
An epitaph
Like an autograph
Tells the world who you were
Take care in your choice
Of the things you would voice
Because this is your final word
What would you write on your tombstone?
Which thoughts would you want to be seen?
By people who wander in passing
Walking the paths through the trees?
An epitaph
Like an autograph
Tells the world who you were
Take care in your choice
Of the things you would voice
Because this is your final word
Hold in your hands the hammer and chisel
Kneeling beside all the rocks and the thistle
Engraving the words
No one has heard
Until now
Would you strive to be honest?
Or perhaps too modest?
What words would be found
With wit,
Or profound?
What would you say if it was the last thing you could say?